Type Private Principal Mrs. Latha Alexander Website [1] Founded 1997 | Established 1997 Faculty 200 Phone 0474 271 5650 | |
Address TKM College Complex, Karicode, Kollam, Kerala 691005 Affiliation Central Board of Secondary Education Motto Seek knowledge from Cradle to Heaven Similar Sree Narayana Public Sc, The Oxford School - Kollam, Navdeep Public School, The King's School, SN Trusts Central School | ||
Thangal Kunju Musaliar Centenary Public School (TKMCPS) was started by Thangal Kunju Musaliar College Trust in the academic year 1997–8 in commemoration of the birth centenary of its founder, late Jb. A Thangal Kunju Musaliar-the educationalist, industrialist and philanthropist. The formal inauguration of this supreme venture was on 12 June 1997 by Jb. Shahal Hassan Musaliar, the President of TKM College Trust.
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Founder
Thangal Kunju Musaliar was born into a middle-class family at Kollam on 12 January 1897. In his days, Kerala dominated the cashew export trade and by 1940, he was one of the world's largest employers with over 100,000 people on his payroll. In 1956 Musaliar formed the TKM Educational Trust in Kerala. The Trust established institutions such as TKM Institute of Technology, TKM College of Engineering, TKM College of Arts and Science and TKM Institute of Management.
Musaliar is the author of Man and the World, Practical Philosophy and Law of Nature (1949). India's government honoured him with a postage stamp bearing his portrait. The design of this college was inspired by the Mysore Palace, Karnataka.
Location
The school located in the TKM College campus beside the TKM College of Arts & Science at Karicode, a suburb of the historical coastal city of Kollam.